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H.R. 6238: NIH IMPROVE Act · Congress Swing Tracker

H.R. 6238119th CongressHealth

NIH IMPROVE Act

Sponsored by Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL) · 4 active : 1 Republican, 3 Democrats

Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedJul 20, 2026
Senate: next
President: not yet

7 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Summary on Congress.gov

NIH Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone Act or the NIH IMPROVE Act

This bill provides statutory authority for the National Institutes of Health to provide grants and other support for research on improving health outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women, especially in populations that are disproportionately affected.

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Energy and Commerce · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the Senate breaks down

7Swing 70–100
65Middle 30–70
28Entrenched 0–30

Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.

Key players in the Senate

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.

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Susan M. CollinsRepublican · Maine · Lean D+4Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Similar past votes, Senate

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the Senate: total similarity weight 5.0 (needs 5.0).

S. 4554 · Jul 10, 2024 · Roll call 563On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedA bill to express support for protecting access to reproductive health care after the Dobbs v. Jackson decision on June 24, 2022.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed RejectedShared subjects×1.0
S.J.Res. 197 · Sep 29, 2026 · Roll call 910On the Motion to ProceedA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program".
Motion to Proceed RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S.J.Res. 198 · Jul 16, 2026 · Roll call 858On the Motion to ProceedA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model".
Motion to Proceed RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S.J.Res. 84 · Jan 13, 2026 · Roll call 667On the Motion to ProceedA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Market Integrity and Affordability".
Motion to Proceed RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S. 3386 · Dec 11, 2025 · Roll call 643On the Cloture MotionA bill to provide a health savings account contribution to certain enrollees, to reduce health care costs, and for other purposes.
Cloture Motion RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S. 4445 · Sep 17, 2024 · Roll call 594On the Cloture MotionA bill to protect and expand nationwide access to fertility treatment, including in vitro fertilization.
Cloture Motion RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S. 4445 · Jun 13, 2024 · Roll call 549On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedA bill to protect and expand nationwide access to fertility treatment, including in vitro fertilization.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S. 4381 · Jun 5, 2024 · Roll call 542On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedA bill to protect an individual's ability to access contraceptives and to engage in contraception and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed RejectedSame policy area×0.5

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S.J.Res. 57 · May 15, 2024 · Roll call 520On the Joint ResolutionA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Treasury relating to "Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds".
Joint Resolution DefeatedSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

4 active

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How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.